Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ampelophagous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: am-pelophagous
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Feeding on grapevines.

Example Sentences

"These two vectors have different lifestyles–the former strictly ampelophagous and the latter polyphagous, only occasionally feeding on grapevine – and dissimilar biological features, which may reflect diversely affiliated microbial communities."

Etymology

From ampelo- + -phagous.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ampelo
Suffix: phagous

Questions

What does ampelophagous mean?: Feeding on grapevines.
Where does ampelophagous come from?: From ampelo- + -phagous.

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